If you like SGs, you should love the Burny if it's still got the VH-1s; the older VH-1s with the black covered wires sound particularly good.

It says they are VH-1s. Wire insulation looks gray...or maybe dirty clear though. LOL! I was planning to yank them, but what are the VH-1s like? PAFish?

I recently sold an old RLG-80 to a buyer in Florida and he had a Burny or two before I sold him the dark burst. He said he would likely take the stock pickups out and replace them with something better, possibly Tom Holmes pups. I told him that once he got his hands on this Burny he would NOT want to take those VH-1s out becuase they sound THAT good. I also told him that if he didn't like the pickups that I would buy them if he replaced them. Once he got the Burny he about had a cow; he said they sounded as close to old PAFs as he'd heard in a long time. He told me I wasn't getting them back, LOL. This guy actually had to sell of a bunch of old vintage Gibby stuff because of medical bills so, he knows what the real deal sounds like too. These VH-1s were without a doubt the best sounding VH-1s I've ever owned; heavily oxidized covers with the older black wire insulation. What a great Burny; Mike got a great guitar, and a dark burst at that.
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I recently sold an old RLG-80 to a buyer in Florida and he had a Burny or two before I sold him the dark burst. He said he would likely take the stock pickups out and replace them with something better, possibly Tom Holmes pups. I told him that once he got his hands on this Burny he would NOT want to take those VH-1s out becuase they sound THAT good. I also told him that if he didn't like the pickups that I would buy them if he replaced them. Once he got the Burny he about had a cow; he said they sounded as close to old PAFs as he'd heard in a long time. He told me I wasn't getting them back, LOL. This guy actually had to sell of a bunch of old vintage Gibby stuff because of medical bills so, he knows what the real deal sounds like too. These VH-1s were without a doubt the best sounding VH-1s I've ever owned; heavily oxidized covers with the older black wire insulation. What a great Burny; Mike got a great guitar, and a dark burst at that.

Congrats, great looking guitar. I have a RGL-90 Lp with VH-1's grey wires and love em to death. Mine are pretty microphonic at high gain even though I wax potted them but for rock to blues they are super sweet with awesome tone. Well done and a nice score. cheers_________________"Every guitar has a song in it" Neil Young

PoorMan, I have a mid '80s Burny 61 SG Standard copy and the neck on this thing is huge; likely just as big or bigger than any knock off brand of Lester neck I have aroung here. This is a top quality SG for sure, a great replica SG.

It has the typical wide SG neck width but front to back it's thick; 7/8" @ the 3rd fret, 29/32" @ the 7th fret, and 31/32" at the 12th fret (measured with a non digital caliper).

Neck tenon runs the full length of the neck pickup route; gray insulation VH-1s, and a 2 piece slightly off center seam body that is so well matched it really looks like 1 single piece.

It's a great SG if SGs are your gig; beats a Gibson any day 4 sure...........

Here's a few pics; maybe up for sale soon, and if so I'll post it in the CLASSIFIEDs........

Got a black Burny SG that's great but I would like to know a little more about it. 80's or 90's? With this type of truss rod cover I should say it's from the 80's but I don't know.
How can you tell if it got VH-1 pu's, are there any specific marks?. I have belived that all Burnys from 80's and early 90's had VH-1 pu's? At the moment I have replaced mine with 2 GFS Mean 90's, not that they are better than the stock pu's just wanted to test them.